奥克拉荷马 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

aò, ào, yù mysterious Simplified

Original meaning: to store

Simplified form of 奧. Depicts two hands (廾) hiding rice (米) in a corner or a container. Based on the original meaning "to store". The meaning later shifted to "obscure", "profound", and "mysterious".

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a hidden corner or a container.

米 Iconic component

mǐ rice

Depicts grains of rice.

廾 Iconic component

gǒng two hands

Depicts two hands.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 廾 than it was in ancient scripts.

Component uses

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

噢懊燠襖

說文解字

宛也。室之西南隅。从宀𢍏聲。

Sources

Character origin: 鄔可晶《釋「奧」》Wiktionary (JA)
Readings & variants: Unicode
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

kè subdue

Pictograph of a person (人) carrying a heavy weight on their back.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a heavy load being carried on the back.

人 Iconic component

rén, ren person

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Sound (1 of 2 verified)

氪剋

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khok	kʰˤək	carry; able; dominate

說文解字

《說文》：“克，肩也。象屋下刻木之形。，古文克。，亦古文克。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

lā, la pull

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 立 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

立 Sound component

lì stand

Change in sound

拉 and 立 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
拉 lop
立 lip

Character Evolution

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啦

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lop	[r]ˤəp	break

說文解字

《說文》：“拉，摧也。从手，立聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

hé lotus

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 何 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

何 Sound component

hé what

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

嗬

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ha	[ɡ]ˤaj	lotus
	haX	[ɡ]ˤajʔ	carry
Zhengzhang		qʰaːls
		ɡaːl
		ɡaːlʔ
Unicode	hɑ
	hɑ̌

說文解字

芙蕖葉。从艸何聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

mǎ horse Simplified

Simplified form of 馬. Pictograph of a horse.

Component uses

Meaning (6 of 57 verified)

Sound (5 of 8 verified)

吗妈玛码骂蚂犸杩

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.741-742漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

mysterious Traditional

Original meaning: to store

Depicts two hands (廾) hiding rice (米) in a corner or a container. Based on the original meaning "to store". The meaning later shifted to "obscure", "profound", and "mysterious".

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a hidden corner or a container.

米 Iconic component

mǐ rice

Depicts grains of rice. Modern form looks like 釆.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 米 than it was in ancient scripts.

廾 Iconic component

gǒng two hands

Depicts two hands.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 廾 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

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Sound (1)

澳

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'awH	ʔˤuk-s	southwest corner of a house
	'juwk	ʔ(r)uk	cove in the bank of a stream

說文解字

《說文》：“奧，宛也。室之西南隅。从宀，聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 鄔可晶《釋「奧」》Wiktionary (JA)
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

mǎ horse Traditional

Pictograph of a horse.

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Meaning (8 of 49 verified)

驗驚驩駮騾驅驀驟駕駝驌騙驊馮馳駛騎驎羈駐騁騫騷驢驦馴騰驕驥驛駁馭騶馱騭駟駑駒騖駢駱騅駿驪駭驤騮闖駙 show all 49 show fewer

Sound (5 of 6 verified)

碼螞罵嗎瑪媽

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	maeX	mˤraʔ	horse

說文解字

《說文》：“馬，怒也；武也。象馬頭髦尾四足之形。，古文。，籀文馬與同，有髦。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.741-742漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

奥 aò, ào, yù mysterious Simplified

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Sound (1 of 4 verified)

說文解字

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克 kè subdue

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Sound (1 of 2 verified)

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拉 lā, la pull

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Sound (1)

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荷 hé lotus

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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马 mǎ horse Simplified

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Meaning (6 of 57 verified)

Sound (5 of 8 verified)

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奧 mysterious Traditional

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Sound (1)

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馬 mǎ horse Traditional

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Meaning (8 of 49 verified)

Sound (5 of 6 verified)

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說文解字

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aò, ào, yù mysterious Simplified

kè subdue

lā, la pull

hé lotus

mǎ horse Simplified

mysterious Traditional

mǎ horse Traditional